The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 15, 1934, Page 2

at 1912, ‘with the. Colorado, our most ex- pensive “battle wagon,” first put into serv- ‘ice in 1923, each the most powerful of her! genera) commant- | Colorado carries 8 16-inch and 12 5-inch |———~ ~~~ ' guns.and cost $27,639,474. In spite of her | "}} immensely greater cost, the Colorado has a { ee CITIZEN speed slightly less than that of the old Ar- BY vus.| and 16 The Arkansas carried 12 12-inch guns S-ineh, and cost $9,945,716. The kansas, © —_-_ . ‘Water and Sewerage. © Bridges to complete Road to Main land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments Bathing Pavilion. _ Aquarium. -Airports—Land Consolidation Governments, want StREe |) HL LY eseeree & SIDELIGHTS ~By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen When Mrs, Anntal Krammer, 48, a | Peasant. woman living near Burapest, with 21 childgen won the prize offered by the Hungarian governcent as the country’s champio& mother, news of her victory was published far and wide. The prize, how- ever, was only 100 pengoes, the equivalent of about $1 for each child, and Mrs. Kram- mer doesn't think it was worth all the trouble. 1 Last year Jo Mendi was a_ happy, hard-working chimpanzee in Detroit, giv- ing about a dozen performances daily, in- cluding bieycle riding and roller skating, in a champanzee theater. NRA said his hours were too long; cut his performances te two a day. Last year Jo Mendi earned $18,000; now he is dead at the age of 11. Senera Antonia Moreira of Lisbon, Portugak 90 years old and with no legal | heirs, wilh marry a man of 24. She says she doesn’t want the government to have her estate and would rather see it devoted | to giving the young man a good start in life. 4 PawY Mallon quotes a friend of Gen- eral Joliiison as saying that the general’s final eraek-up came because “he tried to | carry eqpital and labor water on both shoulders and got all wet because he leane | much to both sides.” | 3 Gn@of the strangest .alibis offered by | a law-beeaker latély wasthat of. Floyd. Metcalf @f Buffalo. He confessed to boof- | le “but pleaded that he did jit. to ob- tain funds to continue his studies for the | ministryy being ambitious to become a mis- sionary. Life Guard William Culling of Oshawaz Ont., will probably have a steady | job so long as young Wilfrid Duffield; hangs around the lake front. Twice in one | day Culling reseuel the boy from drown- | ing. once when he fell off the dock and} again when he got over his. depth while | bathing. j The world's foremost “daylight sav-| ers” are the Aretic terns, those graceful! birds which breed near the North Pole and i spend their winters nearthe South Pole, | thus taking advantage of nearly six months | of daylight at each.end of the earth. Their : annual found trip covers some 22,000 miles, | and they see more daylight than any other! living creatures. } Parents may spank their offspring, | but not each other, according tothe ruling | ef a Los Angeles judge. Mrs. Lavern Sco-/ field spanked her son, Jimmie, whereupon | her hucband spanked her. She was granted | a divorce and custody of the boy. 2 Today a first class battleship or bat- tle cruiser would cost nearly five times as much as the Arkansas, which was the pride of the Navy only 22 years ago. And some contend that such a vessel could be de- yed bombing planes or small naval e* torpedoes. in short order. bw al this be true or not, it should give th ernment something’ to think about fore investing too heavily in new battle- mS (St. Augustine Record) The suggestion that Fort Jefferson on Gar- den Key, in the Dry Tortugas group of ten is- lands, three hours’ sail from Key West, was the first island prison maintained by the United States, ! most as regards the number and might again be utilized as is Alcatraz, at San Francisco, inspired the Miami Herald to carry in a recent edition 2 full-page, illustrated article giving the history of Fort Jefferson. The history, as might be expected of an island prison im the tropics, has its gruesome chapters. The Miami Herald article says, “The fort today is a stark ruin, rising as one approaches it, from the level plain of the myraid-hued. waters of the Gulf of Mexico, like a wraith from the past.” It seems that the gigantic fort was started in 1846, and has neyer been finished, although millions were spent upon it, and at one time, hundreds of men were im- prisoned within its walls: The place was intended to be a naval supply station, and fort to. command the Gulf of Mexico. Old-time residents of Key West, so the story goes, who had the tale their parénts, say that Fort Jefferson cost “a dol- lay a brick,” and from the description one can well believe it. from All materials had to be transported by sea, and more than 1,000 slaves were hired out by their masters for the work. So colossal is the old fortification that the writer for the Miami Herald says “The fort offers such a display of architec- tural effect that, so far from the source of sup- plies, so adrift in the the spectator is dumb as he gazes on the relics of a picture whose high- lights died long ago.” Dr. Charles A, Mudd, of Charles County, Maryland, the physician who gave medica John Wilkes Booth, the President Abraham Lincaln, was imprisoned there magst I aid to man who assassinated. ‘Ss, under the horrible. _ conditions, Mugdts ‘action was of conspiracy in the assagsination of the martyred “presideht,“and although he was first ordered to life imprisonment, at Albany. N. Y., he was later sent to Fort Jefferson, Such committal was part of the after-war hysteria, and an evidence of the way in of hatred, violence and suspicion at a time when the minds of a people have been inflamed by the hor- rors of conflict. which, an innocent man may become a victim Release came for the victim of great injustice in 1869. in Maryland, and died 13 years later, at the age o: 49. hardship, but he took up practice again, and be. His health was wrecked by his years of prison fore long his story was lost to the general pub! Interest in Fort J rson has revived it. A news story today tells of the assignment o: a group of Federal workers te Fort Jefferson, with the idea of rehabilitating the old structure, and w ever epidemic. Although | plg that of a humane doc- | torfh€ #as found guilty by an army court martial | He returned to his home ! t making it a show place for visitors, with the forti- | fication being in charge of the National Service. The fort has a background of horrors should sat There that are the questing tourist. ! dungeons and torture chambers. There are stories f tragedies beyond all believing. And, as a back- ground, there is this incredible monument of stone. | Tt has.; out of the blue waters of the gulf. tourist lure, and with Key West’s place on the map as a tourist center assured, Fort Jefferson on Gar- | den Key will be one of the points. of attraction, Park | KEY WESTIN | DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10. Years. Ago Today As Taken From | The Files. Of The Citizen, = The first case called in Circuit Court which convened this morn-' ing with Judge H. F. Atkinson on the bench, was that of Miss Mary Louise Cappick versus the City of Key West. This is a damage suit entered against the city by Miss; Cappick for injuries alleged to have been sustained some time! ago when the defendant says she fell on one of the sidewalks which ; was in bad condition. There are; several cases on the docket for! the term, Milton. W. Curry, who at his} own expense established the aquarium at the company’s dock,! propo-es to have the largest aqua- rium in the state and the fore-j of specimens, Mr. Curry says the future depends on the outcome of the movement started by the Ex. change Club to construct an aqua- rium at the foot of Front street. In the event that the club. does not secure funds to carry on the work, Mr. Curry will provide best of facilities for the exhibi. tion of fish waich. are found ir there waters. Indications are that the coming season will be the greatest ever experienced in Key West. It is) the. opinion of those who are in teuch with travel movements m/ the north that the travelers will begin their start southward imme- diately after the election in No- vember, and long before the christmas season thousan of s will be in Florida and Key will get its share. T! cham. ode | Key West. who have been answered are here now and expect to remain throughout the to Havana, returned today. Cap- tain Muller cays the scouts were delighted with the trip to and from Key West. A radio m at the ge received today naval station tells of the e of a Cuban tugboat just Yuea Single Room with Bath _. Double Room with Bath i ilavana. | diamond; Sunday afternoon. The "all-American team is in good shape and plan on having Tony » , Head in the box; with Lowe on the Sooeoeaeeccseesscsececosecacevecscesesesoceeeees® HOTEL LEAMINGTON “MIAMI’S MOST POPULAR HOTEL” NE ist Street at Biscayne Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bay Opposite Union Bus Station LOWEST RATES EVER QUOTED ALFRED SIMONS, Manager. . . Anniversaries | eeececes 1784—(150 years ago). Thom-} as Hastings, noted new hymaj writer and composer. born at’ Washington, Conn. Died in New: York City, May 15, 1872. | 1818—Irvin McDowell, one of! 1844 — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsehe, German philosopher, born. Died Aug. 25, 1900, i 1847—Ralph A. Blakelock,i landseape painter, born in New York City. Died Aug. 9, 1919." 1856—Osear Wilde. English author, born. Died Nov. 30, 1900. 1856—Robert Nivelle, French soldi 1924. Died March 21, born. John L, Sullivan, one- | ’s champion pugilist,| Died wear there. Subscribe fur The Sunday Star. tried to tow the tug to Havana but iater abandoned the atiempt; ! several hours aferward the tug be. gan to list to starboard. he crew of the vessel were all taken off just before the vessel sank. Editorial Comment: The “zg: together” movement is all O. K.. we expect. but the results ar: ometimes dangerous when two girls crowd into the front seat with the driver. Miss Hazel Wells Halsted and Louis bo were married today by Ca Judge Hugh Gunn, The coup! d here from Cuba and } after a short stay will return to The Regulars and the newly or- ganized allAmerican _ baseball team will meet on the barracks receiving end. Ch dedi one purpose only, the safety of the majority. ists, and you will help greatly w: cut down serious accidents. = Today In History ececececessoses 1789 — President Washington | léft New York on historic tour of New England. 1812—Napoleon’s legions be-! gan retreat from Moscow. 1901—Sergean: A. W. C. Cov ton, U. S, A., one of the four} volunteers te be inoculated with) yellow fever for the sake of med-} ical science—Recevered, compilete-: ly and returned to duty. Died in April, 1934. j 1917—Mata Hari, Dutch dane- er, shot in France as a German} Spy. (SALES eae OTe e OOO w wee TO ALL GARDENERS N MT eacecceceeccce N “SAMPSON” SAWS =a erie - Each $1.00 ee & Handles 30c BENCH VICES STEAMSHIP Co. | q} "C8. 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